Victoria Sponge
A traditional cake everyone will love and perfect for afternoon tea. You can change the filling to any jam or curd you like.
Serves: 12 people | Recipe course: Tarts & pastries | Total time (min.): 60 | Complexity (1 to 3): 1 |
Kitchen machines: Stand Mixers
K beater
Ingredients 1
Butter 75 grams
Plain flour 250 grams
Salt 1 pinch
Caster sugar 100 grams
Ingredients 2
Egg 1 beaten
Milk 2 Tbsp.
Ingredients 3
Jam 100 grams
Prep. (Before you begin)
Cut the butter into cubes and leave at room temperature to soften.
Getting started
1- Fit the K beater to the machine.
2- Grease the muffin tin.
Stage 1
1- Add Ingredients 1 (butter, flour, salt, sugar) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine and fit the splash guard.
3- Mix on speed 2 for 2 minutes.
Stage 2
1- Add Ingredients 2 (egg, milk) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Mix on speed 2 for 1 minute .
3- Place the pastry onto a worksurface and knead together.
4- Wrap in plastic wrap.
5- Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Stage 3
1- Pre heat the oven to 180ºC.
2- Place the pastry onto a lightly floured worksurface.
3- Roll out the pastry until 1 mm thick.
4- Use a pastry cutter to cut out circles slightly bigger than the muffin pan holes.
5- Place the pastry circles into the muffin tin holes and lightly press down to shape.
6- Spoon Ingredients 3 (jam) into the muffin tin evenly.
7- Bake for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
8- Leave to cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes.
9- Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool. Serve.
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